gms | German Medical Science

7th EFSMA – European Congress of Sports Medicine, 3rd Central European Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Annual Assembly of the German and the Austrian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Outline

Objective: Young normotensive women offspring of hypertensive parents (FH+) have early several metabolic, hemodynamic and neuro-hormonal abnormalities [1]. High-intensity aerobic interval exercise (AIE) has shown to be more effective than continuous moderate exercise (CME) for reversing these abnormalities [2]. However, the acute and chronic effects of both AIE and CME on the blood pressure (BP) of FH+ have not been studied. The purpose of present study was to compare the acute and chronic effects of AIE and CME on 24-hour ambulatorial BP (24-h ABP) of young FH+ women.

Material/Methods: Thirty-two healthy sedentary FH+ women (25.0Â±4.4 years) randomized to a three times per week equal-volume AIE (80-90% of VO2MAX) or CME (50-60% of VO2MAX) regimen had their 24-h ABP analyzed at three different moments: 1) after a nonexercise control period (baseline), after the first session of AIE or CME (acute) and after 16 weeks of AIE or CME training (chronic). The baseline and acute 24-h ABP were performed in a random order.

Conclusion: An acute session of AIE or CME did not change 24-h ABP of FH+ women. However, 16 weeks of both AIE and CME were effective to improve 24-h ABP of these young normotensive women at high familial risk for hypertension. These findings may have important implications for the prevention of inherited hypertensive disorder.